If I let this go, you cant tell nobody, she sings. Dreher wrote, "The family of Aaliyah, a beloved daughter but undistinguished singer of forgettable pop songs, does the poor woman's memory no favors with this tasteless gesture." Kidada Jones and Tre Major during Dior Dance for Life to Benefit the Aaliyah Memorial Fund, a Program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation at. Mary J said that the people that were around Aayliah just before her passing were not good for her. If it were any other day, her longtime makeup artist, Eric Ferrell, would likely have been on the doomed aircraft with Aaliyah, but in August 2001, he was on tour with singer Macy Gray instead. Aaliyah befriended Kidada Jones, the daughter of music mogul Quincy Jones, at a Tommy Hilfiger fashion show in 1993. Picture: Getty, Host of the show Ed McMahon said "There's a thing that you see when somebody walks out on the stage, I call it the fire And that's what I saw with Aaliyah", Aaliyah's choreographer Fatima missed her grandparents 50th wedding anniversary to be on the video shoot for 'Rock The Boat' in the Bahamas. Online, the singer explained to the paper, "It is dark in my favorite dream. As soon as she had time, we were getting married She was the one she was definitely the one for me. She sings, Im into you, youre into me/But I cant let it go so easily. She debases neither men nor women, remaining above the gender wars that pop songs about dating often become. She included a quote fromWashington Irving:"There is a sacredness in tears. In Are You That Somebody? from the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack, she confesses her sexual desire but demands that her lover be discreet. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time I never question God. "I will FOREVER savor the privilege and good fortune of being your daughter. Episode 1092 -- Pictured: Musical guest Aaliyah performs on February 18, 1997 --Aaliyah during Jay-Z Gives Back to His Community for Mother's Day at New City Bar & Grill in Brooklyn, New York, United States .